Beginnings are hard, right?
1. They suck the life out of you. Day and night, you worry and stress and plot.
2. They're slow. (Enough said.)
3. They leave you teetering, questioning your choices. There's no balance to beginning something.
4. They take SO MUCH WORK!
5. You MIGHT succeed, and succeeding can be a lot scarier than failure.
Once you get moving, momentum grows.
“The hardest part is always the beginning, when you feel uncomfortable. Know that this is normal, and all you need to do is go against your emotions. ...face your fears, be uncomfortable, and experiment with different strategies until you find something that works.”
― Jamie Cooper, Albert Einstein: Extraordinary Life Lessons That Will Change Your Life Forever
In the last four years, I feel like I've started again about fifty times. But like Wright Brothers (who failed more times than I want to count, going through 200 different wing shapes for planes and risking everything while unemployed), we keep trying.
Because beginning something is easy. Seeing it through takes dedication, fortitude, and the willingness to start and start again.
This week, we are starting something NEW.
We're publishing the entire STAGED READING of our musical in 1 minutes episodes over the coming weeks. Subscribe so you don't miss out!
Our awesome co-hosts are Shannon Lawrence, Diedre Knight, Liza, and Pat Garcia!
Today's question: As a writer/author what is something you regret? Or something that you wish you'd done differently in your writing process?
I'm skipping this one, but I look forward to reading everyone's responses!
